Grandmother's Love Story at the Chesapeake Homestead
A colonial Chesapeake homestead holds a romance from the American Revolution. Dorothy Sinclair, beloved of Henry Fairfax, hides in a paneled closet as Hessian troops raid the house. After the showdown and battlefield escape, Henry and Dorothy wed on Christmas Day, and the tale becomes a lasting family legend.
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Chesapeake
Dorothy Sinclair
Henry Fairfax
Pomp
George
Dolly
Uncle Pomp
Jim
Sambo
Tnele
Tinele
George Sinclair
Judith
Dorothy
Massa George
Lewis Sinclair
Henry
New York Tribune
Gideon Swing Yo Swords Realigned Nation's Shameful Page
A Denver Post reprint of James Barton Adams laments sin and danger as he calls for Gideon to swing his sword. The poem contrasts believers and sinners with biblical imagery and vivid racial caricature, warning of judgment as society drifts from moral paths.
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Gideon
Gabriel
James Barton Adams
Denver Post
Minister who officiated at eleven thousand weddings dies
A Cleveland Plain Dealer piece recalls a pastor who died in Australia and had officiated at 11,000 weddings. The reflection highlights the scale of his work and the many wedding notices, gifts, and traditions linked to his long career.
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Australia
Cleveland Plain Dealer
A Deal With Conscience
Two women on the border discuss husbands and life over a stairhead confab. one quips about underhand schemes then jokes about turning a husband’s pockets and freeing themselves from trouble. local slang adds a comic tone to their cheeky exchange.
Local Drug Ad Praises Cough Cure For Many Illnesses
J. D. Bridges of Lancaster New Hampshire endorses Minute Cough Cure as the best remedy for croup and all lung troubles. The ad claims immediate relief and prevention of severe illnesses, urging druggists to stock the product.
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Bridges
Democrat
Lancaster
Wait Till the Clouds Roll By Poem by Arthur Burdick
The piece urges endurance through hardship and dwells on hopeful faith in mercy and justice. It promises that even heavy burdens ease with time and brighter days follow dark skies.
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Arthur J. Burdick
Savory soups and bouillon from a home cook book
The article lists oyster soup bouillon and tomato soup recipes. Oyster soup uses milk water oysters butter salt pepper served over crackers. Bouillon uses beef bones vegetables simmered five hours strained, browned bread pieces added to serve. Tomato soup blends canned tomatoes water salt pepper soda then milk butter sugar and seasonings.
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Bouillon
What She Must Know About Accomplishments in Society
A social chatter excerpt mocks the etiquette ideal by noting fashion shifts in girlhood skills. It claims piano study fades from circles of influence while waltzing and tennis become prized, and fluent French moves from luxury to social necessity.
Two Fathers Fail to Agree on Task Time
A humor piece features Johnny, a wise son, who knows his father and his uncle. The teacher asks how long two workers would take if each can finish a job in one hour. Johnny quips that it would be two hours, including the time spent arguing about the method.
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Johnny
Tom
Mrs H C Stone Leads St Louis Modern Novel Club
Mrs H C Stone founded the Modern novel club in St Louis fourteen years ago and remains its president. The club emphasizes distinguishing good literature by value rather than mere fine style.
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H. C. Stone
Modern Novel Club
St. Louis
Crowded Wedding of Miss McLaughlin and Dr. Roach
Miss McLaughlin daughter of Brooklyn's veteran Democratic leader wed Dr. J A Roach in the pro cathedral amid heavy police effort to admit the groom. Gifts valued at least 200000 displayed at the Roach home, with many Democratic figures and families in attendance and praise for her charitable work.
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Miss McLaughlin
Brooklyn
J. A. Roach
Roach
McLaughlin
Kings
Queens
Why He Was Not Beloved
A practical young woman describes an unpopular man noting his vanity and social habits, saying he goes to Paris twice a year yet never asks her glove size. The fragment hints at social snobbery and pretentious behavior.
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Paris
Beauty tips from Lillian Russell on water and massage
The column cites Lillian Russell advising women on beauty methods. It favors soft warm water, lemon on sunburn, massage with heated fingers, and careful face care. It notes creams may help, and gives DIY fat and oil mixtures for skin care while stressing consistent grooming.
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Lillian Russell
Brighton
The Stage Set for Theatrical Season Across Cities
The piece surveys engagements and premieres at the Grand and New York venues with Papinta's Nov 13 date, Mansfield and Arthur triumphs, Julia Marlowe and Nethersole crowds, and box office trends. It notes Rich Mansfield Cyrano receipts, Miss Arthur's pageant The Great Imperial Spectacle, and Viola Allen's The Christain profits across Albany Washington Providence New York Boston.
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Papinta
the Grand
Julia Marlowe
Miss Nethersole
Chicago
Mr. Mansfield
Julia Arthur
New York
Josephine
Miss .Arthur
Miss Arthur
A. M. Palmer Stock Company
Barrymore, Henley and Stoddart
Viola Allen
Miss Allen
Empire Theater
Albany
Washington
Providence
Knickerbocker
Boston
Hail Caine
Grieved Irish Woman Dies After Living on Orchard Street
Mary McGinley buried in New York after years on Orchard Street. She grieved herself to death rather than abandon her faith and home. Her rooms housed sacred images and she refused to cook for her husband, asking how he could eat while Christians remained alone on the street.
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Mary McGinley
New York
Women Return To Tight Fashions After Health Law
The Detroit Free Press notes that women who try to dress for health and comfort soon revert to corsets and long skirts after two weeks. It argues social smiling shifts from being merely smiled at to being smiled upon, reflecting changing male attitudes.
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Detroit Free Press
Look before you leap health warning
A fragmented line urges caution before action and references Hood's Sergaparilia with a dubious claim about health use and benefits. The text is incomplete but hints at a warning or advertisement style noting health claims.
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Hood
Quarterworded quips from early papers on manners and prayer
A collage of witty exchanges: Hicks and Wicks debate civility in front of a lady, a Chicago Record exchange mocks a tiresome customer, and Mrs. Bowers exposes a colored poker club that opens with a prayer, likening it to legislative prayer.
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Mrs. Bowers
Mr. Bowers
Puck
Her Handy Money Stocking
A Memphis Evening Scimitar anecdote describes a conductor noting passengers who hide money in odd places. He recalls a Chinaman delaying payment while tying a queue knot and two women fumbling in purses. One woman unlaced her shoe to retrieve a dime from a stocking hole.
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Memphis Evening Scimitar
Cleaning Paint on Woodwork with Careful Techniques
An old Woman's Life guide notes cleaning paint requires extreme care to avoid damage. Dust rooms first with a painter's brush, then wipe white paint with lukewarm water and ammonia plus whiting. Dark paints and walnut furnishings should not be washed but rubbed with seed oil and polished with soft silk.
The Stomach as Core of Health and Disease
A historic medical claim explains that all living beings harbor death within, linking overindulgence and poor digestion to systemic poisons called plomaines. It describes stomach fermentation causing gas, toxins, and organ strain affecting heart, brain, kidneys, skin, and nerves, praising Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for stomach tone and overall vigor.
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Bright
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Notice of liquor license application in Indianapolis ward
The subscriber announces to Seventh ward voters in Center township Marion county Indiana that he will apply to the Board of County Commissioners at December term 189% for a license to sell intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with premises consumption. The business place is a first floor room fronting north on Washington Street in a two story brick building on lot 10 Metzger and Robinson subdivision square 70 Indianapolis Center township Marion county Indiana No 437 W Washington St Ward 1. Loui s Brown.
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Seventh Ward
Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
Wrashington
Metzger and Robinson’s
Indianapolis
Washington St
Louis Brown
Tenth Ward
Board of
County Commissioners
Renard
Marion
County
John Ejtel
License Application for Spirituous Liquor in Indianapolis
December term 1899 voters of the Eleventh ward Center commissioners grant license to sell spirituous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors at a room fronting east on West street first floor of a two story frame building on lots 44 to 46 in Yandes subdivision east part outlot 129 City of Indianapolis Center township Marion county Indiana known as the northwest corner of West and Morris streets in ward 15 CHAS HAAS.
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Eleventh Ward
Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
Yandes
Indianapolis
Maiion County
West and
Morris Sts
Chas. Haas
Notice of liquor license application in Indianapolis ward
The subscriber notifies voters in Second ward Center township Marion county Indiana that he will apply to the Board of County Commissioners for a license to sell spirituous vinous malt and other intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with drink on premises. The business place fronts south on Massachusetts Ave first floor of a two story brick building on lot 21 in Exchange land company's subdivision of Outlet 183 in the city of Indianapolis Center Township Marion county Indiana known as No 822 Massachusetts Ave word No 2.
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Center Township
Marion County
Indiana
Board of County Commissioners
Massachusetts Ave
Exchange Land Company
Indianapolis
Center
Local Liquor License Sought for Ward 1 Business
William Fricke of Center town Indianapolis seeks a license from the Marion county Board of County Commissioners at the December 1899 term to sell spirituous and intoxicating liquors in quantities under five gallons with on premise drinking at 1213 Columbia Ave in Ward 1. He requests table privileges for the same room located on the first floor of a two story brick building at Malott and Columbia Aves and part of Alvord's subdivision.
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Center Town
Ship
Marion County
Indiana
Board of County Commission
Malott and
Columbia
Aves
Columbia#1 ave
Alvord
S. K. Fletcher
Indianapolis
Center Township
Coumbia Ave
Wm. Fricke
Notice of liquor license application in Center Township
The subscriber notifies voters in Center Township Marion County Indiana that the Board of County Commissioners will consider a license to sell spirituous, vinous, malt, and other intoxicating liquors in quantities over five gallons at a time. The location is at Nobiett by 120th Street NE part of lot No. 33 in Indianapolis Center. The ward is the Tenth.
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Mabel Taliaferro
Zangwill
Ethel Ansel
Israel
Charles
Willcox
Mabel Valiaferro
Maude Adams
Juliet
Mabel
Virginia
Tiyceum Stock Company
Philadelphia
James Herne
Andrew Mack
Chauncey Olcott
Richard Mansfield
William Crane
Peter Stuyvesant
Mr. Bransfield
Frank Daniels
Cleveland
Joseph Jefferson
English
Sous1
Chris and the Wonderful Lamp
Jerome Sykes
Kina Wallace Hopper
New Haven
Conn
Sousa
James IX. Hackett
Rupert of
Nottingham
BBC Tapestry
Smyrna
Vllinois
Dr. H.C. Kuck Medicine Co
Cincinnati
Cente Township
Board of County
Anapolis
Nunee Indiana
Ne St
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